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Did your impression with Nebraska change over time?
JF: Just leading up to the final week of the commitment I was ready to go to Nebraska, I was getting excited about it. Coach Prince just came in and really caught my attention.
Even though you had verbally committed, what was the recruiting process like with other schools?
JF: I didn't get a whole lot of negative recruiting. Every once in a while somebody would say something about Nebraska just being a stop for Coach Callahan and that he wanted to get back in the NFL and he won't be there for long. Talking to Coach Callahan, he's into it, he's loving Nebraska football.
Did Coach Prince make any promise of any kind to you? What did he tell you about your role there?
JF: He said I would just come in and compete on a clean slate. He said he had no loyalties to any players coming in. He told me that some of the guys there are good, but that maybe I could be better. He just wants me to come and compete for the starting job.
Do you have a lot of Nebraska stuff that you don't know what to do with?
JF: Yeah. I had quite a bit of Nebraska gear.
Bottom line: What happened where it made sense for you not to go to Nebraska and go somewhere else?
JF: Point blank, Nebraska wasn't being completely honest with me. Leading up, the summer I committed and the first part of the school year they were talking about how Joe Dailey transferred and I would have a chance to come in and compete for to starting job. The feeling I started to get from Coach Callahan as of late, starting in October about how it was going to be a great fit for me for five, five-and-a-half years.
And he hadn't been saying it like that all along?
JF: The whole time he was saying I'd have a shot to compete, and I felt like he was kind of writing me off and had decided to redshirt me pretty much.
ANALYSIS: FIRST HE SAYS THAT HE WAS SWAYED BY COACH PRINCE...THEN HE SAYS THAT CALLAHAN WASN'T HONEST WITH HIM. :wacko:
ANOTHER INTERESTING TIDBIT WAS THE NEGATIVE RECRUITING COMMENT CONCERNING OTHER SCHOOLS WITH OUR PROGRAM.
WHERE IS THERE A SOURCE FOR THE RUMORS THAT HE'S LOOKING INTO MISSOU??